Sujit Mahamulkar,TNN | Oct 3, 2015, 01.00 AM IST
Mumbai: The state government has enrolled over 88% of the adult population for Aadhaar card, but lags behind in registration of kids. The government has now decided to arm officials with tablets so that they can take a photograph of children with one of the parents and facilitate enrolment.
The state government has decided to ensure 100% enrolment for Aadhaar card by end of this year.
State chief secretary Swadheen Kshatriya told TOI that Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a review of the various projects, including Unique Identification (UID), through video conferencing. Chief secretaries of all other states were also part of the video conferencing with Modi, who appealed to complete the project as soon as possible.
"We have completed over 88% of adult enrolment for Aadhaar and are now concentrating on children. New 2,000-odd kits (laptops, monitors, single-finger print scanner, iris scanner, web camera and multi-functional device) will be procured within the next 15 days," said Kshatriya.
At the village level, the government has provided tabs to its employees.. "A government employee will go from to house to house at the village level and enrol children. He will click a photo of a child with one of the parentsfor identification," the chief secretary added.
Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number which the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will issue for all residents. The number will be stored in a centralised database and linked to the basic demographics and biometric information, photograph, 10 fingerprints and iris imprint of each individual.